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Date 1912-05-30

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day, lay 29th, 1912. POSSG Me So ad time to position put attention to by appear- 1ink and act judgments lance. Se sonodiocteates te soafea' Ms ed oo . ing is poor because it prevent it. ) use paper e willing to idged by le to say about the esteem you ese are things suggest them er. te so 1 ck will at once fferently print- gt; Scarce gained eee odode teste atectoat Ss ss of your let- paper you buy, know that we ited. Present Hryerage 1666 Copies. Advertise) B dally get the benefit of the W yountry circulation. No extra 4 Books open to ad- vertiers, 1 4 f q a VOL. 2, NC rs EP; Life Sentence for v.V MEDICINE HAT NEWS J. J. Lawson Given Severe Sentence by Chief Justice for the Shooting of Byrum Harpell on May 24th-- Quick Justice Meted Out--Six-Days since Shooting. To spend the rest of his natural life in Edmonton penitentiary, was the sentence of Chief Justice Harvey on J. J. Lawson;-a homesteader residing at Endon, 35 mile* south of Seven Persons, for the attempted murder of Byrum Harpell, a, neighbor. Quick, though stern justice, was meted out to the prisoner. The shooting, his ar- rest, the finding of him guilty, and his sentence, all occupied less than a week. Just six days ago the shooting occurred on the little homestead, five day rested, arrived here at the Police Barracks four days ago, three days ago the info: ago he was ar- mation was sworn to by Harpell charging him with attempted murder, his prelim- inary hearing was delayed and in the end his counsel waived a hearing and a speedy : trial was ordered. He was sent to the Supreme Court whieh was then sitting here. The Chief Justice had little comment to make on imposing one of the two ex- treme penalties of the law, other than to comment on the evidence of the prisoner given in his own defence and the statement thatthe public must be protected. That it was not murder instead of only attempted murder that he was charged with, was miraculous in the opinion of the witnesses called, The bullet which struck the complainant inflicted a nasty wound though not a dangerous one. A great deal of evidence was offered by the defence, all of which was strongly against the prisoner. The tale of how the different homesteaders stood guard over the barn till the police arrived is a tale worthy of the best of outlaw times. Most noticeable and commentable was the utter indifference of the prisoner when he heard the sentence of the court pronounced. He stirred slightly, but other than that showed no other outward signs of concern. Instead his whole manner was one of total indifference, as he was led out of the box to the Mounted Police barracks when he leaves there it will be for his last train ride to Edmonton. There in his soli- tary cell, in the same row with the other lifers, he will spend the rest of his days. He is a man well up in-years now. He has a grown up daughter and son, but he will not have. their company in His old age. Instead he will pass his declining years, hurried on perhaps by his confinement, alone. A Lawson s act seems to have been the result of an old feud existing for a couple of years between the two men. That Harpell was expecting trouble from Lawson at some time or another is evidenced by the fact that though he had not seen the pris oher for over a year, according to his own evidence, the minute that he was shot he suspected that the man who had fired the bullet was Lawaqn, and told his neighbors when they arrived on the scene that he believed that his assailant was Lawson. Tt was 24 hours, however, before he secured his first sight of his assailant to have his suspicions confirmed. Harpell, the complainant, was the first witness called for the prosecution. TABEROL PARTY RISING SUPERIOR 10 CAST SEPT. At about 6.30 on the evening of the 24th-he quit work in the field and came to the barn and put in his horses. Ho unharnessed them and then proceeded to go up into the loft labove the stable by a perpendicular adder. On taking the /first step onto the ladder he was struck by a bullet fired from above-which hit erous friends and past seven years and begs to state e, carried on as a k for the company an assurance of a has always been S gt;KINNON 235-d-4f jing this morning of handsome mem- wae tothe soldier dead The mem- 5 ; rand MAINE MEMORIAL UNVEILED ws.) 0. Decoration e by the unvell- (Special to the Kearny, N. J, May day was observed town hall, consiats of a marble pedes- tal surmounted by a 4 S-pound shell from the battleship Maine. AND PRIMARY IN RHOD Providence, BR, ft, May 30 Rhode Isiand s ten delegates aud ten alter- nates to the Democratic national con- vention at e will be selected in a State-wide primary to be held tomorrow, The primary will be the) first of its Kind held in this State. The names of Champ Clark, Woodrow. Wilson and Judson Harmon will ap- pear on the ballots; Wilbur Wright IsDead Noted Aviator Passed away This Morning from Pneu- monia, (Special W. a P. Dispatch) Dayton, Obio, May 30. Wilbur Wright, noted aviator, died at 3.35). o'clock this morning of typhoid fever Death came after an Allness of about) three weeks. A sinking spell developed soon af- ter midnight and death came at 3.30 this morning. Wright had been near-death for many days and his condition from time to time gave some hopes to members of his family, though at- tending: physician, Dr. D. F. Conkli maintained out the greaten part of his sickness that he could nog recover. When the patient suceumb- ed there were at his bedside mem- bers of his family which includes his aged father, Bishop Milton Wright, Miss Cathering Wight, Orville, the co-inventor of the aeroplane, Reuch- lin; Wright and Lokin Wright. All of the family reside in this city except Renehlin who lives in Kansas. The patient -was taken down- with ty- phoid ever May 4th while on a busi- ness trip: Next day he yeturncd to Dayton from Boston and consulted Dr. Conklin, family physician. He took to his bed almost. immediately and it was several days before his case was definitely diagnosed as ty- phoid. Arrangements for the funeral MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA, THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1912 Three Rungs from To; whelms the East. The apended tables of guilding per- mits issued in various Canadian ci- ties so far this year show that, with a few: exceptions, every city has kept up with, and in many instances greatly exceeded, the pace set last year, says the Financial Post. Tak- en collectively, there has been an advance of over 11,747,000, or 36 per cent. on the total of the first four months in 1911. Including se- ao cities which had no building per- mit bylaw last year or whose 1911 figures are not available, the total is considerably over forty-five and a half million dollars. aly foourteen cities in the, East City Montreal, Que. London, Ont. .. Brantford, Ont. . Guelph, Ont. Halifax, N.S. .. St. John, N.B. Windsor, Ont. . Berlin, Ont. . Hamilton, Ont. . Chatham, Ont. . Kingston, Ont, Toronto, Ont. ... ... Ottawa, Ont. ... .. Maisonneuye, Que. Medicine Hat . Red Deer, Alta. . Lethbridge, Alta. . Port Arthur, Ont. . Prince Rupert, B.C, . Fort William, Ont. Vancouver, B. C. . Prince Albert, Sask. Calgary, Alta. Regina, Sask. ... . + Saskatoon, Sask. . Ison, B.C. . Edmonton, Alta, Winnipeg, Man. . Nanaimo, B.C... -.+ ++ New Westminster, B. C. North Battleford, Sask. ... North Vancouver, B.C. .-. Moose. Jaw, Sask, ... Victoria, B.C. vernon, B.C. . Total 14 Eastern . Total 21 Western ... Total Hast and West ... ... .- PERMITS ISSUED FOR FIRST FOUR MONTHS, 1912 yp of Ladder in Percentage, have-reported. Their figures are 1,198,000, or 8.8 per cerit, ahead of last year s. In the West twenty-one eities show the remarkable gain. of 10,549,000, or 55,6 per comparisons could -bevtinde if the civic officials in charge of the build- ing inspection department sent their reports regularly, As it is the fig- ures in some places are generally forthcoming -when a remarkable ad- vance is shown and fare not sent at all regularly. Toronto, although somewhat below last year s total, still holds first place in actual amount, the total be- ing over 6,500,000. Winnipeg comes ther DAILY EDITION W. ASP. AND . A. PL TELEGRAPHIC SERS PRICE, FIVE. CENTS Hat Fourth in Dominion in .Percentage in Increase in Building for Four Months City Stands Ninth in Table of Rank for Actual Increase This Year Over Last and but Having 359 West Over- next with an estimated value of slightly over 5,000,000. Vancouver's total is almost five million dollars, but over 800,000 beltind: last year s mark, While some: cities differ a place or two, the first ten hold muchy the same position in the table of rank with regard to actual amount as they did last year. Edmonton, on account of the large increase of over 1,700,000 in its Ap- ril permits, has the largest actual inj srease for the four months period, the advance being over 2,500,000. Vietoria has the next largest gain, slightly smaller than Edmonton's. Calgary and Winnipeg are the only other cities with gains exceeding a million dollars. Chatham leads in percentage in- crease with a gain of 552 per cent. Other large advances are Port Ar thur, 481 per cent.; North Battle ba 432 per cent.; Medicine Hat, er gent.: Victoria. ites Edmonton, 268 per cents; Pataoe Pert, 264 per cent.; and Brantford, 259 per.cent. Gains as high as these would. not be considered exception- ally large if they were for a month only, but for a four months period they are not far from phenomenal. Out of the thirty-five cities onl fave register a decline. The sum to tal of these, however, exceed Cal- gary's increase, for example, by a small margin, Vancouver has declin- 14.2 per cent.; Montreal, St. John, Toronto and Regina, 2, 3, 5 and 7 per cent. respectively, These figures, it should be remem- bered, are approximate values and it is likely they are considerably un- der the actual expenditure, The large increases made so far this year will substantiate th opi ion that 1912 will be the banner con- struction year in Canada s history. HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS FROM NEWFOUNDLAND FIRE GRINING DAILY IN PRESTIGE AND POWER So Said Sir Wilfrid Laurier in a Brilliant Fighting Speech Full of. Encouragement for His Followers One While Touching on Defeat Dwelt More on Antic- ipation of Victories, at Montreal Banquet Last Night. t . OW. AP. Montreal, May 29. Surrounded by Liberal lead rs from practically ev- ery province of the Dominion andven- thusiastically cheered by hundreds of his most ardent admirers, Sir Wilfred Laurier last night spoke of the Lib- eral party as rising superior to the crushing defeat of last September and gaining day by day in prestige and power. Passing ght over Liberal defeats since the Conservative regime entered upon its career at Ottawa and interpreting recent Liberal successes ag certain indications of great tri- umphs to follow, the leader of the Federal opposition evoked thunderous applause from his solid Liberal aud- fence, applause which only increased in fervor when he launched into an aggressive attack on the present goy- ernment. Sir Wilfrid promised to fight tiv the last and attucked the. Conservative ministers for abandoning the princi- ples for office, As a tribute from the Liberals of the whole Dominion to their aged leader, who remained in command in the hour of defeat, when no other seemed fit to lead the disorganized forces of the party, the banquet ten- dered Sir Wilfrid Laurier by the Mon- treal Reform Club at the Windsor last night was an unqualified success. As a political move occurring at an op- portune moment the organizers ex- pect from ft far-reaching results, A Liberal banquet on such a scale as that which took place this evening Is quite unparalleled in the political his- tory of the city. Probably never be- fore has such a gathering of Liberal leaders as that which met tonight to Dispatch.) honor Sir Wilfrid, been in attend- ance at a single function. Leaders of Liberal governments from several provinces. Wherein party is in power side by side, their less fortunate brethren who led the Liberal-oppositions in such provinces AS possess such organizations. Prac- Ges eee te the tically all of the last Liberal cabinet were In attendance, the exceptions be- ing Hon. Messrs. Cartwright, Oliver and Patterson, while among the Speakers were many of the younger men of the party who have already become noted at Ottawa. (Continued on page four) thimr-or-the back of the tread; tittic: to the left side. Ho said the shot sounded like a shot froma small re- volver, The force of the blow was not sufficient to render him helpless, although he felt faint. In some way, however, he staggered into the open air, and upon gaining the fresh air felt- stronger and so hurried to his house about 50 or 60 yards distant: jand got his gun and then proceeded Hin the direction of the bam to pre- did the shooting from gaining his liberty. At the same time yelling at the top of itis voice for help. Mr. C. B. Duncan, a neighbor heard the cries and saw Harpell waving his hat violently for. him to come, Dun- can came to his aid and was told what had happened. He immediately, hurtied. in the direction of Mr. Robb s place to secure his help and then on to a Mr. Stouts to warn him, of the trowt le. These neightors came and yery shortly afterwards Mr. Bouteh came to call on bim. When he heard the news he mounted his motor cycle which he had with him and rode to Seven Persons to phone the mounted police in this city. Mr: Boutch returned Inter in the evening and joined Mr. Dunean, Mr. Robb, Mr. Stout and himself in the patrol of the grounds around the barn, their object being to keep the man from escaping. He told them that he thought it-must-be-Lawson who did the shooting as he was the only man he was afraid of in the country round. about. The next day about 10 or 12 o'clock Sergeant Harper arrived in company with Dr. Crawford of Irvine. Upon the prisoner being ta- ken into custody by the sergeant the complainant found that his surmise as to who the captive would be was correct, although he had not seen the accused for more than a year and a half..He had at that time had some Tittle trouble with him and ordered him to leave his place and never come back. Harpell said also that since the time of the trouble he had always been somewhat afraid of the vent whoever the person was whol Had not been completed early today. ATLANTIC SQUADRON READY FOR CUBA West Today Awaiting Or- ders. Key West, Fla.. May 80, Eight bat- tleship of the Atlantic squadron ar- rived here at six o'clock this morning and anchored in the harbor. They form part of the fleet despatched here to await everitualities: in Cuba. BANK OF ENGLAND. London, May 30 The weekly state- ment of the bank of England shows the following changes: Total reserve, decreased 746,000. Circul increased 70,000. Bullion, debronee SATE 995. Other securities, increased 4,760- 000. Other eposits increased 4,020,- Other deposits increased 4,020, 000. : Public deposits in reased 32,000. Notes reserve, inFeased- 471,000. Government securities, unchanged. The proportion of the banks reserve to lability this week is 46.76 per cent. last week, it was 51.33 per cent. ea Bec ye eager COUPON NQ. 16. Thursday, May 30. This coupon with five other consecutive coupons from the Daily News, and ten cents, en- titles the holder to a photo. gramme reproduction of the famous painting, The Prairie Fire Coupons and money should be presented at the News office any .time after Tuesday, June 4th, acensed and kept in his hous a load- ed shot gun. Shortly after:his trou- ble with the accused he was arrest- (Continued on page eight.) oh de Hobe beoke cde obe che ote be ode heeds This pleture cannot be sent 4 by mall, Macleod, Alta. South Vancouver, B. C. . Melville, Sask. : Owen Sound, Ont. . Welland, Ont. St. Thomas, Ont. Belleville, Ont. Decrease, Amount of Amount of, Building Building Four Months 1st Four Months 1912 1911, 1 Toronto Toronto 2 Winnipeg Vancouver 3 Vancouver Montreal 4 Calgary Winnipeg 5 Montreal Calgary 6 Edmonton Saskatoon 7 Victoria Regina 8 Saskatoon Hamilton 9 Hamilton Edmonton 10 Fort William victoria 11 Regina Ottawa 12 Moose Jaw Fort William 13-8. Vancouver Maisonneuve 14 Ottawa Moose Jaw 15 Medicine Bat Prince Albert New Westmin.Lethbridge Prince Albert New Westminster Maisonneuve London 19 Lethbrige Windsor Brantford North: Vancouver 21 Port Arthur Berlin London Medicine Hat Windsor Brantford 24 N, Vancouver St. Jobn 25 N. Battleford Port Arthur Berlin Nelson. 27 Prinde RupertKingston 4 28 Nelson Nanaimo 29 Guelph gt; Halifax 80 Kingston Vernon 31 St John Guelph 92 Red Deer Prince Rupert 33 Weiland WN Battleford 84 Nanaimo Red Deer a5 Halifax Chatham 36 Melville South Vancouver 77 Chatham Welland 38 Macleod Melville 89 Belleville Macleod 40 Owen Sound Belleville 41 Vernon Owen Sound 42 St. Thomas ,St. Thomas + PERE beh be PEE EEE bb bbe N. B In columns 2, 3 and 4 the ias for last year are not availal gt; TABLE OF RANK. Kingston Saskatoon Chatham Nanaimo Red Deer North Vancouver Windsor Winnipeg Halifax Windsor Nanaimo Maisonneuve Berlin Berlin Vernon * Vernon St. John Montreal Montreal St. John Regina Toronto Toronto Regina Vancouver Vancouver South Vancouver South Vancouver Welland Welland Melville Melville Macleod Macleod Bellevitle Belleville Owen Sound Owen Sound Bt. Thomas St. Thomas 1912 1911 Ine. Pet. 8,745,180 3,822,186 76,956 2.0 317,271 218,197 99,074 45.4 439,615 122,210 317,405 259.7 147,736 43,050 104,686 243.2 67,975 47,700 20,275 42.5 105,750 109,150 3400 3.1 238,225 198,375 39,860 20.1 176,893 160,378 16,515 10.3 1,573,000 1,089,100 483,900. 44.4 66,435 10,190 56,245 652.0 114,949 57,867 57,082 98.6 6,508,825 6,911,758 402,933 5,8 861,735 449,950 411,785 91.5 456,428 382,000 74,428 - 19.5 570,865 124,112 446,258 859.6 84,685 33,785 50,900 150.7 450,505. 285,490 165,015 67.8 421,385 89,685 431,700 481.4; 155,975 42,831 113,144 264.2 1,227,775 814,465. 197.1 4,968,212 825,438 14.2 472,925 153,290 4,117,098 2,769,216 1,347,882 1,092,625 1,184,715 92,090* 1,775,805 1,206,607 469198 150175 70,790 79,885 8,506,452 951,955 2,553,497 5,030,710 3,790,550 1,240,160 72,564 53,486 19,078 518,448 229,875 288,573 181,570 34,070 147,500 2378 173,985 60,799 1,069,250 357,498 711,752 367,575 894.450 2,473,125 45,860 44,907 953 -14,820,017 18,622,061 1,197,956. 8.8 29,518,743 18,964,602 10,549,141 55.6 44,333,760 2,586,663 11,747,097 9 61,700 940,527 67,015, 49,470 73,905 38,175 50,000 45,614,552 Actual Inc. on Percentage of Dec. 1912 Inc. on over Dec. 1912 i911, over 1911. Edmonton Chatham Victoria Port Arthur Calgary - North Battleford Winntpes Medicine Hat Fort William Victoria Moose Jaw Eamonton Hamilton Prince Rupert Saskatoon. Brantford Medicine Hat Guelph Port Arthur Moose Jaw Ottawa Fort William. Brantford Red Deer New Westminster New Westminster Lethbridge Nelson Prince Albert Kingston North Battleford Ottawa. Prince Rupert Tett-bridge Guelph Odigary London Prince Albert Nelson Londort Maisonneuve Hamilton. North. Vancouver Halifax many more, soldiers killed and eight wounded. Holding up Trains and Telegraph. (W, A. P. Dispatch) St. Johns, Nfl May 30. Advives: from interior points say that already thousands of square miles of country have been. swept by forcet fires. Mi trains are held up-and telegraph lines ar down. Small villages are reported to have been wiped out and hundreds of people homeless. Details are lack ing owing to the fact that the flames have interrupted telegraphic com- munications, MOROCCAN CAPITAL SURROUNDED BY MOORS (W. A. P. Cable.) Paris, May 30. Fez, the Moroccan capital, is practically surounded by hostile moors, according to advices re- ceived by the French government from General Lyautey, the French res- Ident governor under date of May 29, General Lyautey says the. situation continues serious, Although the bat- tery of French artillery ig due to ar rive tomorrow to reinforee the garri- son, the French troops are still in insufficient numbers to undertake a * decision of an offensive sort, although capable of holding the capital against attack, On the afternoon of May 20th the General reports the Arabs again fought their way within the walls of the ity, but the French troops who had been under arms alrost Inces- santly for five days, quickly repulsed them. The Arabs left thirty dead on the fleld and undoubtedly carried off The Frerch lost five . In the course of earlier fighting the French casualties numbered sixty wounded. The sultan of Morocco had shown signs of becoming parile stric ken, but has become reassured since. he finds that the populition of Fez 4 fs not joining the attackers. i To rent, from June Ist, eveh room- ed fully. modern. cottage, in Central t 7 cities are not ranked, a8 figures I Park, Apply. Simpson-Northam. Com- pany, Phone 533. It

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